The Boys and Girls Christian Home Ministries is hosting a benefit concert and silent auction to raise money for a home in India that houses 200 impoverished or orphaned children.

Brad Palmer, general director, said the non-denominational ministry’s mission is to provide needy children in India with a safe place to live, grow and be educated.

“We have had so much support from the community over the past nine years that we have been working for Christian Home,” he said. “Last year, Community Christian School (CCS) shipped school supply bags to every one of our 200 children at the home in India.”

He said the CCS students will join the band on stage at the benefit concert and will sing a song with the kids from India, who will be shown on a big screen via satellite.

The silent auction will include items donated by the community such as a deer rifle, a compound bow, tires, a hand-made duck knife, birthday party packages, gift certificates to local restaurants and an all-inclusive Razorback football package — two tickets to the game against Texas A&M, a gas card, a one-night stay in Embassy Suites, dinner at P.F. Chang’s and Razorback gear to wear to the game.

“It will be awesome and all the money will go to Boys and Girls Christian Home,” Palmer said.

The silent auction begins at 5:30 p.m. and the benefit concert performed by local band One Cause begins at 6:30 p.m. A dessert reception will follow the concert, with treats prepared by members of community churches.

Free childcare will be provided at the event with Bump-n-Jumps available for older children.

The event will be at First Baptist Church at 200 S. Denver Ave. in Russellville and is open to the public and free, but “love offerings” will be accepted.